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John Maynard Keynes
1883–1946
A brilliant and controversial thinker, he reshaped how governments respond to recessions and mass unemployment. His work helped define modern macroeconomics and still sparks debate today.
4 Audiobooks
The Economic Consequences of the Peace
by John Maynard Keynes
A Revision of the Treaty Being a Sequel to The Economic Consequence of the Peace
by John Maynard Keynes
A Tract on Monetary Reform
by John Maynard Keynes
Indian Currency and Finance
by John Maynard Keynes
About the author
Born in Cambridge in 1883, John Maynard Keynes became one of the most influential economists of the 20th century. Educated at Eton and then King’s College, Cambridge, he moved easily between academic life, public service, journalism, and finance, bringing an unusual range of experience to his writing.
Keynes is best known for arguing that economies can get stuck in long slumps and that governments may need to step in to support demand and employment. Those ideas were set out most famously in The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936), a book that changed economic debate around the world.
He was also deeply involved in public life, including work for the British government during and after the First World War, and later played a major role in the discussions that shaped the postwar international financial order. Beyond economics, Keynes was connected to the Bloomsbury Group and was known for his wide cultural interests as well as his sharp, lively prose.